Elsevier

Ophthalmology

Volume 87, Issue 11, November 1980, Pages 1140-1149
Ophthalmology

Contrast Sensitivity in Retinal Disease

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Abstract

Central vision in patients with retinal disorders has been studied with sinusoidal grating patterns. Impaired detection of fine high-contrast gratings has been observed in patients with retinitis pigmentosa and glaucoma despite 20/20 vision. Abnormal contrast sensitivity to coarse gratings occurred in patients with certain macular disorders and occasional glaucoma patients, some with near-normal Snellen acuity. Thus, contrast sensitivity measurements demonstrate central visual deficits not apparent with Snellen testing.

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Presented at the Eighty-Fourth Annual Meeting of the American Academy of Ophthalmology, San Francisco, November 5–9, 1979.

Supported in part by the Mary and Alexander P. Hirsch Award of Fight for Sight, Inc. (Dr. Bodis-Wollner); by research grants EY0708 and EY01867 from the National Eye Institute, National Institutes of Health (Dr. Bodis-Wollner); and by an unrestricted grant from Research to Prevent Blindness, Inc.

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